Life's a Dream (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780870817779)

A beautiful and haunting tale of love, betrayal, knowledge, and power, Life's a Dream (La vida es sueño, 1636) is the best known and most widely admired play of Catholic Europe's greatest dramatist, Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600-1681). Calderón's long life witnessed both the pinnacle and collapse of Spanish political power as well as the great flowering of Spanish classical literature. Michael Kidd's new prose translation renders Calderón's masterpiece into a transparent, modern American idiom that preserves the beauty and complexity of Calderón's Baroque Spanish. The result is a highly readable and adaptable text that is enhanced by a generous selection of supporting materials, including a thorough critical introduction and glossary.

Author: Pedro Calderón de la Barca
ISBN-10: 0870817779
ISBN-13: 9780870817779
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Language: English
Published: 08/15/2004
Pages: 159
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.42w x 0.39d